Shenabarger, EliasUnion Infantry 120th Regiment, Ohio Infantry______________Shanibarger, Elias W. - FORMER RESIDENT DIED IN FLORIDA - Elias W. Shanibarger, Owner of Fine Orange Grove, Was Cancer Victim. -- Word has been received here that Elias W. Shanibarger, who was born near Mansfield in 1845, died recently at his home in Orlando, Fla., a victim of cancer of the face, of seven years' duration. He served in the civil war and at the close of the war entered Wittenberg college, Springfield, where he was graduated in 1871. He then studied for the ministry and preached for two years, after which he took up horticulture. In 1893 he went to Florida on account of the condition of his health and became widely known as the proprietor of Bearshead farm, having developed one of the finest orange groves in that locality. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, a brother, a half-brother and two sisters. Submitted by Jean and Faye. [The Mansfield News, Wednesday, May 4, 1910] ____________Shanibarger, Elias Union Infantry 114th Regiment, Ohio Infantry____________1870 United States Federal CensusName: Elias ShannabargerEstimated birth year: abt 1846Age in 1870: 24Birthplace: OhioHome in 1870: Springfield, Clark, OhioRace: WhiteGender: MalePost Office: Springfield________1880Elias W. SHANNABARGER Self M Male W 34 OH Fruit Grower OH WUERTENBURG Clarinda SHANNABARGER Wife M Female W 27 OH Keeping House PA OH Pericles M. SHANNABARGER Son S Male W 7 OH OH OH Elma M. SHANNABARGER Dau S Female W 5 OH OH OH Sarah E. A. SHANNABARGER Dau S Female W 2 OH OH OH SHANNABARGER Dau S Female W 1M OH OH OH Julia A. FUNK Mother W Female W 56 WUERTENBURG Helps Keep House WUERTENBURG WUERTENBURG

Source Information:Census Place Monroe, Richland, OhioFamily History Library Film 1255061NA Film Number T9-1061Page Number 122B ______________________Margaret's brother, Elias, bought 320 acres of property in Orange County, Florida on July 25, 1893. On December 21, 1894, he deeded almost 27 acres in Pine Castle, Florida to Margaret. When Samuel Wilson died in 1888, Margaret moved from Ohio to Pine Castle along with her children, including my grandfather, John Henry Wilson. I think Elias and his family and their mother Julia probably moved to Pine Castle, Florida at the same time. Margaret lived there until she was 68 years old and is buried at the Conway Methodist Church Cemetery in Orlando, Florida, along with William H. and Henry Funk, her brother Elias Shanibarger, her son Pericles (Perl) Wilson and his wife, Omie, and my grandparents first daughter, Rose. I don't remember seeing a Mary Funk buried there, but heh, anything's possible. A lot of my grandmother's relatives are buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando. There is a cemetery in Pine Castle on Sand Lake Road. I've visited it, but don't remember finding any Funks there. There's another one in Orlando, not far from Pine Castle, on Orange Avenue. This one is a tiny little cemetery, but I think there is a Funk buried there. (From Leah Greeley)

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